TVB Subscription is normally $399. They are now offering $0 installing with their $60 per month subscription of 14 channels. It'll be a bit more beneficial if you were asian. :o)
Chinese TVB Pay TV Subscription - Limited Time $0 Installation
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Another alternative is a Raspberry PI or HTPC running XBMC, with the livestreams or lihattv addon:
http://lihattv.com/download/xbmc.lihattv.zip
It will give you all the same streams as on www.lihattv.com.
If TVpad is streaming 12 hours a day, how much bandwidth will that use? I assume it is a lot, if it really is 1080p HD format?
I think it streams RMVB formats, hence the small downloads
According to the website, about 0.15 Gig per hour.
Where does it say that? On the english FAQ page it says "It needs approximate 1-2 G flow if TVpad runs 1 hour"
I wasn't sure what that meant lol.
from my own experience, software streaming of HKTV is no less than 1GB/hr.
i dont believe it is .15GB/HR with TVPAD
Wow like there's even any Chinese ozbargainers…? Well I am Chinese
MySelf " but I stilll consider mySelf a" Aussie" :pI think this post is more about "TVpad" bargain more than "TVB" bargain.
We should have seperate post about that with the voucher code…
BTW, it probably uses PPS.TV which is banned outside China and HK. Of course you can get by using a proxy address but its a hassle setting up, and would affect bandwidth and quality.
I don't know if everything it demonstrates can be played once it arrives here in Aus.
It can lag because the servers streaming content are in China/HK and they can be slow. Not to mention PPS already ban all IPs outside HK/China
ppstv isn't banned outside oz?
my friend showed it to me running on a pc 2 days ago and he didn't have any proxy or vpn, just normal internet.
Some contents on PPS were banned outside mainland china.95% are okay to view.
I say a lot are banned. Also all those streaming services from China all ban foreign IPs. eg. Youku, Tudou.
Showed this to someone from China who seems to be really interested.
WHoa….came back from a hard days work and found so many comments from TVB to TVPAD. SO here is my run down on the TVPAD.
I currently have MyGica Android TV Box which funny enough is similar to this TVPAD that everyone is talking about. This TV Box only cost around $170 which is cheaper than the TVPAD. The Android TV box comes with the latest (second now) OS Ice Cream Sandwich. Sure, it has the "live" stream of TVB (For free) but it has massive and i mean MASSIVE buffering issues where as the TVB subscription would not have this kind of problem. There are alot of free apps on the android market place that allows you to download the "latest" movies (Is Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol considered new?)Once downloaded, you'll realise that the majority of the format is in RMVB which is a mediocre type of video format. So none of this full HD crap you would be expecting.
Anyway, up to you guys/girls. If you dont mind buffering than get the TVPAD as that does represent a cheaper option.
http://www.mygica.com/product.asp?id=145
P.S I dont work for TVB..:o)
The reason why it keeps buffering can be many reason. The quality of your internet connection, latency to the servers hosting the media streaming (very likely to be PPS.TV, China/Hong Kong) so the lag is definately noticable.
I agree there's no full HD crap, they are all RMVB equialvents.
Perhaps someone who owns TVpad can comment on its quality and speed. Of course the best thing about it is plug'n play and can stream dramas etc at will
TVB would go broke if TVpad is perfect.
The 3 hour difference in Summer doesn't help with programme schedules.
You pay for what you get.
dude,
buffering is your slow internet
I have 100mbit cable so buffering won't be an issue :P
My girlfriend's old man got a Mygica but we can't seem to get TVB to work. Some of the other channels work, but some of them are labelled incorrectly (ie "ATV" is not ATV). Do you have any advice for getting TVB to work on this box? Do I need to update the firmware for him? He won't pay for the subscription so wants to try this first, even with possible buffering issues.
好，成交！
Thanks for letting me know about the TVPAD 121S I have ordered one, currently on ADSL1+ 7mb I can't wait when NBN connection is finish at the POND,NSW.
where is the like button on here??CHeers to NBN…
tvpad is useless.. it keeps buffering.
even on the nbn it sucks.
i tried to use a dedicated UK proxy. $10/month. it is still shit.but hey. it works sometimes…. so its just a teaser.
Dont blame the tools. "Buffering" means internet is slow or crap.
I have no issues at all. Unlimited TPG ADSL2+ connected at 21Mbits.
And why would you want to use a delicated UK Proxy?
Got the tvpad. It is GREAT.
To people who also own it and use it:
My download rate in the corner of the status bar is about ~100-200kb/s. I have fast ADSL2+ connection over powerline network. Is your dl rate faster than mine? I doubt my internet/setup is the limiting factor for only 100-200kb/s, as I can download torrents at 800kb/s on uTorrent.Video Quality is above average as it is. basically I am wondering if quality increases with faster kb/s. And just confirming with other users if the 100-200kb/s is a tvpad streaming limitation from their servers
I think it's limited. Depending on the tv channel sometimes ive seen 400-600kb/s
Usually Japanese channel has better quality.
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http://en.tvpad.hk/tvpad/01/index.jsp
read the above link, no monthly fee and can view channels listed on there….